Acer is getting serious about gaming mice and other PC peripherals. So serious, in fact, that it plans on spinning off its PC gaming and smart accessories business into a wholly owned subsidiary to capture a larger share of the market. This is not brand new territory for Acer, which has its line of Predator peripherals, and last year debuted an ambidextrous mouse and a new gaming headset.

Acer spokesperson Wayne Chang said at a news conference that the subsidiary is tentatively named Gadget Technology Inc.

name: 5.5/10. It's not the WORST name out there, to their credit....

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Anandtech:

Acer’s Gadget Technology will focus on market segments with “higher profit margins," covering a wide breadth of products. Initially, Gadget Technology will have two lineups of products: the first one will include premium PC gaming mice, keyboards, headphones, chairs and cases. The second one will comprise of smart devices, including air quality monitors, according to a report from the Taipei Times that cites the company’s officials.

hang on, that's vaguely like the opposite of the acquidiversifying all HID makers are doing o_o why the split? (I'm not business trained, so please school me on the possibilities here ,_,)

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Taipei Times:

Asked whether Acer intends to let Gadget Technology serve as the company’s internal start-up incubator and if it plans to stage an initial public offering for the unit, Chang said that neither option has been ruled out.

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they are scheduled to be spun off on Sept. 14.

interesting, interesting... Not sure about my grip on this story, because I'd be equally lost if (say) Asus spun off ROG o_o